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City of Oshkosh
Division of Inspection Services
PO Box 1130
Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130
(920) 236-5050 (920) 236-5084 FAX
Advisory Committee on Inspection Services
Summary of January 7, 2009 Meeting
Present: Allyn Dannhoff, Jason Geffers, Tom Karrels, Jeff Rasmussen, Dan Shea
New Members: Tony Cook, Deb Lederhaus, Ryan Olson, Del Tritt
Absent: None
Meeting commenced at 2:00 PM
Allyn introduced the new members and gave each member a copy of the Inspection Services Division
Handbook.
Invitation to Participate in Local Code Review Process
Allyn gave the floor to Jackson Kinney, Director of Community Development, who discussed his memo of
October 23, 2008 regarding the Design Issue in the Near East Neighborhood and reviewing General Code
Issues. He suggested and asked the Advisory Committee if they would be willing to act as the nucleus for a
Code Review Committee to review and provide insight on the City’s Nuisance Ordinance as it relates to
maintenance issues, the Minimum Housing Code which applies to rental property and Building Codes that
apply to 1&2 Family Homes built prior to the State UDC Code that went into effect June 1, 1980. He asked the
Advisory Members if they would think it over and get back to Allyn Dannhoff with their answer.
Mr. Kinney explained that he anticipated this committee would meet once a month for about 1 ½ hours for most
of this year with member of the Dept. of Community Development Divisions (Inspections, Planning and
Health) as well as individuals that were being approached to represent the Realtor, Landlords and Tenants. He
stressed, staff would do the leg work and present information for their review, insight and comment. The end
result of the project would be recommendations being made to Council on any need for changes to these codes.
The first meeting will be in February.
Jackson also discussed comments that are heard from time to time that it costs more to build in Oshkosh than
surrounding communities. He presented an idea of having round table discussions with area building
contractors, developers and engineers for feed back on this issue. The Committee members felt this was an
approach that might be helpful in gaining feedback and insight.
Review Minutes of October 1, 2008
The minutes were approved, no concerns or changes noted.
Winter 2009 Newsletter, 2009 Work Plan and 2009 Permits Summary Report
Allyn handed out to each member the Winter 2009 Newsletter, 2009 Work Plan (an overview of the Inspection
Services Division) and a copy of the 2008 Permit Summary Report. He asked them to e-mail him if they had
any comments or suggestions.
Emergency Illumination Policy/Procedure Revision
Allyn discussed briefly the modifications to the Emergency Illumination Plan Submittal policy and the added
“Points to Consider” section. He commented one of the most significant changes was pointing out that it should
be the responsibility of the Developer and Architect to design the Emergency Illumination Plan.
Discuss/review issues/concerns committee members are aware of
One issue of concern was mechanical screening. There was some question as to where and when screening was
required. Allyn stated that Planning is responsible for administering the Screening Standards and that Planning
has been reviewing concepts for alternate rules on this topic.
Allyn advised the Committee that the 2009 Budget did not include any provisions to enact any fee increases in
2009. As a result he did not believe there would be any movement to adopt increases to go into effect during
2009. Rather, he would be researching fees again this year and making recommendations for suggested fee
increases for no earlier than January 1, 2010.
Discussion was held about if the City of Oshkosh had Building Code jurisdiction over County and State
Buildings. Allyn stated that we only have jurisdiction over County owned buildings housing non-mandated
services.
Suggestions for future meetings
– Next meeting is scheduled for April 1, 2009. One topic of interest was the
updates to any state code updates/modifications. Allyn asked Members to e-mail him with topics for discussion
at the next meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 3:15 pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Ann Stephenson